Too many people buy into mass misinformation and believe COVID-19 is a hoax, or no worse than a cold or flu, or that vaccines have dangerous side effects or cause COVID-19, or that healthy people can’t get it, or those under 60 can’t get very ill or die from it.
So rather than listen to infectious disease experts, people are listening to conservative politicians, talk show hosts and news outlets, or what they read in a 100-character tweet or Facebook post by someone with zero background in science, medicine or health.
